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IrelandThis week on the channel +6.5M views this week
Houdini's custard brings Max Miller to a centennial remembrance
A Magic Castle visit inspired an episode pairing the magician's bread-and-butter dessert with the history of his death.
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Tasting History with Max Miller
@tastinghistory · The channel on YouTube
Website: linktr.ee
In short
On YouTube, Tasting History with Max Miller has 4,520,000 subscribers and 1,041,937,523 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 10,000 subscribers and 5,531,435 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Feeding the British Troops of World War 2", with 1,434,550 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 665 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 38 of 187 in category "Cooking and food". On Instagram, @tastinghistorywithmaxmiller has 744,493 followers. The account gained 575 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
4,520,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 20,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 20,000 in the last 30 days
total views
1,041,937,523
▲ 5,531,435 in the last 7 days
▲ 27,581,547 in the last 30 days
▲ 27,581,547 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
370,029
on a typical day: 840,735
Videos on the channel
631
3 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
230
a new long video usually gets 1,066,354 views
a new short video usually gets 365,750 views
a new short video usually gets 365,750 views
Next milestone
5,000,000 subscribers
480,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@tastinghistorywithmaxmiller · The account on Instagram
Followers
744,493
▲ 16 since yesterday
▲ 575 in the last 7 days
▲ 575 in the last 7 days
Posts
1,515
7 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
109,168
usually, by 5 recent Reels
Likes per post
5,183
usually, by 10 recent posts
0.70% of followers
0.70% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Cooking and food | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 925 of 2,442 | 51 of 94 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Cooking and food
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Henry VIII had quite the appetite. His meals were large and varied -… | Photo | November 10, 2026 | - | 603 | 6 |
| I just love this kitten face so much. | Photo | November 9, 2026 | - | 3,248 | 34 |
| How to Eat Like A Medieval Hermit - 14th century Benes Yfryed (fried beans and… | Reel | November 8, 2026 | 106,247 | 3,633 | 31 |
| Playing the Tasting History board game with Mo and Ray. I need more light in our… | Carousel | November 8, 2026 | - | 5,003 | 29 |
| As I edit my video for Thanksgiving this year, I'm coming across a number of… | Carousel | November 7, 2026 | - | 4,383 | 61 |
| Making French Pumpkin Soup from 1651 | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 75,293 | 4,260 | 34 |
| The First American recipe for Pumpkin Pie (though spelled Pompikin) was… | Reel | November 4, 2026 | 38,706 | 2,957 | 35 |
| How to eat like a Medieval Hermit. It wasn’t fancy, but at least it was usually… | Photo | November 3, 2026 | - | 1,675 | 21 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 6 Reels, 5 carousels and 4 photos.
As of November 10, 2026
Follower, post, like, comment and view counts in this part are Instagram's. The changes and the "usually" figures are Trari's own calculations.
YouTube: What happened lately
November 9, 2026 passed 1M views Baking the Original Apple Pie from Medieval Engla… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
A video worth knowing
Max Miller cooks British wartime stew and biscuit scones
A military catering manual supplies the recipes, but the bigger question is how British troops got a hot meal at all.
This week on the channel +6.8M views this week
Baklava brings Ottoman sweetness to Max Miller's history menu
Medieval English apple pie and Russian bread kvass round out three new Tasting History uploads.
The video drawing the most views now
What Did King Henry VIII Eat?
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 275,918
- Video views, pace per day
- 400,531
- Views in its first 12 hours
- 275,918
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Cooking and food | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 665 of 5,393 | 38 of 187 |
| By views gained this week | 1,038 of 5,274 | 46 of 187 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 906 of 5,043 | 34 of 174 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.5% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.2% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Cooking and food
Views gained this week in the category Cooking and food
YouTube and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 4, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 4,520,000 subscribers +0.22% (+10,000)
- Instagram · 744,493 followers +0.07% (+530)
From November 4, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 4,510,000 to 4,520,000 subscribers (+0.22%), on Instagram from 743,963 to 744,493 followers (+0.07%).
YouTube rounds a large channel's subscriber count, so its line moves in steps.
The numbers by day
| Day | Subscribers (YouTube) | Followers (Instagram) |
|---|---|---|
| November 11, 2026 | 4,520,000 | - |
| November 10, 2026 | 4,520,000 | 744,493 |
| November 9, 2026 | 4,520,000 | 744,477 |
| November 8, 2026 | 4,520,000 | 744,362 |
| November 7, 2026 | 4,520,000 | 744,240 |
| November 6, 2026 | 4,520,000 | 744,141 |
| November 5, 2026 | 4,510,000 | 744,042 |
| November 4, 2026 | 4,510,000 | 743,963 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,015,012,236 views → November 11, 2026: 1,041,937,523 views · average: 928,458 views a day
YouTube: The channel's latest videos
The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views | Per day | First day | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 What Did King Henry VIII Eat? | November 10, 2026 | 27:45 | 275,918 | 400,531 | 275,918 (12 hours) | 13,731 | 889 |
 How to Eat like a Medieval Hermit | November 8, 2026 | 1:30 short | 219,507 | 45,532 | 128,002 | 13,405 | 281 |
 Making French Pumpkin Soup from 1651 | November 6, 2026 | 1:32 short | 216,907 | 10,374 | 124,943 | 16,000 | 202 |
 Eat Like A Medieval Hermit | November 3, 2026 | 25:53 | 853,312 | 28,683 | 413,009 | 28,263 | 1,744 |
 Yorkshire Parkin for Guy Fawkes | November 1, 2026 | 2:00 short | 362,644 | 2,443 | 196,758 | 24,544 | 644 |
 Houdini's 100th Death Day & His Bread and Butter Custard | October 30, 2026 | 1:40 short | 301,393 | 1,504 | 112,255 | 20,579 | 282 |
 The Mysterious Death of Harry Houdini | October 27, 2026 | 24:45 | 765,817 | 5,509 | 400,116 | 30,058 | 1,690 |
 British Military Rations from WW2 | October 25, 2026 | 1:58 short | 492,197 | 11,818 | 212,702 | 25,410 | 364 |
 Soul Cakes from 1602 | October 23, 2026 | 1:39 short | 331,339 | 2,120 | 138,562 | 22,018 | 390 |
 Feeding the British Troops of World War 2 | October 20, 2026 | 30:21 | 1,434,550 | 8,436 | 576,003 | 35,759 | 2,344 |
 Baking Baklava from the Ottoman Empire | October 18, 2026 | 1:34 short | 289,711 | 2,890 | 131,541 | 19,626 | 270 |
 Wine Pretzels from 16th century Germany | October 16, 2026 | 1:45 short | 368,857 | 2,997 | 153,072 | 21,919 | 225 |
 The History of Baklava - The King of Sweets | October 13, 2026 | 27:56 | 1,279,396 | 4,130 | 549,719 | 37,280 | 2,434 |
 Brewing Bread Kvass from 16th Century Russia | October 11, 2026 | 1:44 short | 710,844 | 4,353 | - | 39,490 | 1,314 |
 Baking the Original Apple Pie from Medieval England | October 9, 2026 | 1:43 short | 1,117,792 | 27,740 | - | 58,490 | 970 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 45.1 in the category: 23.6
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.6 in the category: 0.5
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 201,726 views
- short vs long
- 10 short (up to 3 minutes), 5 long
average views per short video: 441,119
average views per long video: 921,798
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 What it was like to visit a Medieval Tavern | March 26, 2024 | 23:19 | 9,543,856 |
 What Food was Served at Wild West Saloons? | June 11, 2024 | 21:52 | 9,314,497 |
 What did WWII Soldiers Eat? - S#!t on a Shingle SOS | November 11, 2022 | 16:18 | 5,934,208 |
 Cooking on the American Home Front During WWII | August 6, 2024 | 22:50 | 5,522,750 |
 Making Medieval Mead like a Viking | November 10, 2020 | 18:47 | 4,825,999 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Making Hot Chocolate from 1747 | February 7, 2025 | 0:59 | 20,126,537 |
 Pemmican - The Original Survival Food | October 3, 2025 | 1:19 | 19,519,173 |
 French Onion Soup from 1651 | February 28, 2025 | 0:59 | 18,852,868 |
 Emergency Steak from World War 2 | February 21, 2025 | 0:54 | 13,703,477 |
 Civil War Hardtack | May 30, 2025 | 1:29 | 11,093,910 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneBaking the Original Apple Pie from Medieval Engla… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneFeeding the British Troops of World War 2 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 2,743,860 views a day, 2.9 times a normal day (955,977).
- MilestoneThe History of Baklava - The King of Sweets The video passed 1,000,000 views.
Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube, Meta Instagram
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
Stories
This week on the channel +6.5M views this week
Houdini's custard brings Max Miller to a centennial remembrance
A Magic Castle visit inspired an episode pairing the magician's bread-and-butter dessert with the history of his death.
A video worth knowing
Max Miller cooks British wartime stew and biscuit scones
A military catering manual supplies the recipes, but the bigger question is how British troops got a hot meal at all.
This week on the channel +6.8M views this week
Baklava brings Ottoman sweetness to Max Miller's history menu
Medieval English apple pie and Russian bread kvass round out three new Tasting History uploads.
This week on the channel 3 videos this week
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